Photos of the Day: Sept. 11

Updated Sept. 11, 2012 5:13 p.m. ET

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INJURED: A woman injured during a police crackdown joined other protesters in a minute of silence Tuesday in Chennai, India, in tribute to a fisherman who was killed by police. Protesters also engaged in a 48-hour hunger strike.
Nathan G./European Pressphoto Agency…

AGAINST THE GRAIN: A cow found itself sandwiched between other cows' rear ends during the 'Viehscheid' drive near Bad Hindelang, Germany, Tuesday. During the annual event, herds are brought from alpine pastures, where they stay during the summer, to stables in the valley.
Christof Stache/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

EVICTED: Court-appointed bailiffs removed a protester from HSBC's headquarters in Hong Kong Tuesday. The site was cleared, putting an end to an 11-month protest. Protesters had defied an order issued last month to leave the ground floor of HSBC's building by Aug. 27.
Kin Cheung/Associated Press…

SPLATTERED: Police stood guard between protesters and the U.S. Embassy in Manila Tuesday. The protesters condemned U.S. military war games in the country for aggravating relations between the Philippines and China.
Francis R. Malasig/European Pressphoto Agency…

STANDING IN THE RAIN: Water splashed on a boy's head in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday.
Asif Hassan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

OPPOSED: Students boycotted over the issue of national education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Tuesday. Hong Kong's government withdrew plans for a compulsory Chinese school curriculum on Saturday after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in protest.
Tyrone Siu/Reuters…

SURROUNDED: Police approached a student during a rally in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday. The protest was held against the Nepal Oil Corp.'s decision to raise prices of petroleum products and liquefied-petroleum gas cylinders.
Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters…

MARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE: More than a million people, police estimated, swamped Barcelona on Tuesday, demanding independence for Catalonia from the rest of crisis-struck Spain. They accused Spain of dragging them into economic trouble.
Lluis Gene/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

EMBASSY UPROAR: Protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo Tuesday and destroyed an American flag over a film being promoted by an Egyptian-born Christian in the U.S. Protesters said the film insults the Prophet Muhammad.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters…

GRIEVING: Youths cried over the coffin of Glauber Siqueira, 17 years old, in Nilópolis, Brazil, Tuesday. The bodies of six youths between 15 and 19 years old were found Monday in Mesquita naked, but wrapped in sheets and bearing signs of torture. The youths went missing after visiting a waterfall near a slum on Saturday.
Ricardo Moraes/Reuters…

TIPPED TRACTOR: A firefighter shielded his face against high winds after checking on the driver of a tractor trailer that had been blown over by winds from Tropical Storm Leslie in St. John's, Newfoundland, Tuesday.
Keith Gosse/St. John's Telegram via The Canadian Press/Associated Press…

LIFE GOES ON: Jillian and Eloy Suarez embraced Tuesday in New York after a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
John Moore/Getty Images…

BY CANDLELIGHT: University professors protested against the government's austerity measures in Athens Tuesday. Greece faces its latest challenge as it presents a new package of cuts to its international creditors to ensure that it continues to receive bailout funding.
Alkis Konstantinidis/European Pressphoto Agency…